Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-08-20
COMMUNICATIONS

Help me TO feel another's woe,
And hide the fault see,

Prohibition.
Help me TO feel another'g woe,
And hide the fault see,
That mercy ! TO others show,
That mercy show TO me-"
In the discussion Of tile question which isag-
tlting our state from one end 10 the other,
do so with malice for none, but charity 70
all, in a candid, unostentatious way, with
prayer that whut may say may cause some
erring brother to pause and consider well be-
fore acting upon this great question and II
what have To say will cause some poor man
who has given way 10 bis appetite until he il
no longer man, but IA slave 10 an Unsuitable
thirst that has wrecked his life, destroyed his
home a1d sent his wife broken-hearted TO The
grave end made panpers ana ogtesasls Of his
onilafen. 10 lurl ...om bis way. | will beamrly
repaid for all have said or can ever say on
this subject. II Is useless 10 argue that the Inc
temperate use Of whisky is the great esil We
have 70 contend with at shs present day.
This would be conceded BY the most ardent
advocate OF the opposite side. This being
fact, what Is the duty OF all good and true
men2 To devise ways and means that will
prevent the evil and do the least injury TO all
concerned. The question OF dollars and cents
made or lost cats but small figure In the
matter. But the good ofour fellow men. Is the
proposed amendment just and right7 WIN
more inhabitants be benefited than injured
IL is caIrled7 II benefited, then every true al d
honest man that desires TO see his fellow man
raised from the gutter and placed In q posi-
ton to earn an honest living and be bless
axxytf hon ha tad IA
be an honor 10 bis State, should remove as
far as possible the temptation from his path.
We are told that 1900 men In the State that
have invested their means in distillery ma
chinery, ETC., that II the amendment becomes
q law, will sustain heavy losses. This may be
true, but there are 1000 Inhabitants to every
distiller Say that ope-half of these are given
to the nse of his whisky, squandering their
hard-earned money to keep this one man In
business and elegance; who fares sumptu-
ously every day and goes In purple and fine
linen, while the consumer OF his products are
in rags and misery; woe and want make
their beds. In the name OF humanity, lad
not this one man better lose what he has and
become a pauper, than that one-fourth of the
one-half should lose their all, die paupers and
fill drunkards' graves, and their children be
out casts, debauched In ignorance and crime.
The distillers are the only ones that would
ssstain much loss. The wholesale men will
have no loss but the profits made in the traf-
'fic. Nine times out of every ten, the whole
sale man sells more of other things than oil
whisky. The same capital employed other.
wise, pushed with the same energy, would
pay as well as with none OF the attending
evils. There is another class that 1t Is claimed
would become suffererg-those who have
the poetical word, "saloon," stuck N 1ver
their doors, which is far from expressing that
which is within, when it is a well authenti-
Gated fact that there are S9000,0O0 or more OF
the laboring mans money goes into their tills
annually for that which neither clothes, feeds
or salisfieth. What would not this amount
of money accomplish One yeai IS remission
of that destruction of self would establish
schools and furnish Librarians for their chill
dren, churches In which to worship, and
leave fund TO care for those that should
chance to become injured by accident. Yes,
we will cause them to lose money! a deal
liable or two, O mirror or so, few bottles and
tumblers, and a few fancy pictures. This
completes their inyentory-not worth tie
sigh or single tear of a suffering wife OF
mother. They tell US that prohibition will
not prohibit. We never claimed that II
would, but II we destroy the convenience Of
the article, 1T will go great ways in prohibit
ing liquor. Go into the country where the
four mile law Is enforced, and you will see a
sober community. In justice to the country,
give us law that will put towns aud cities
on the same footing, and you will find out
that 1t WILL prohibit. They tell us that
4uor will be imported aud drank. No doub
bat it will, but only by few in com parisor
with those VINO drink 1t now. Those that i'm
port 1t will have perfect right to do so, anC
drink to their satisfaction, If such thing b'
possible. They injure no one but themselves
and have full right to destroy themselves
but have none whatever to destroy Others
Taey argue in this way Continue TO drink
and be drunken. You will look and act 81
much better in drunken state, and will b,
just such an associate as want for mysel
and boys. have girl or two who want jus
such husbands as you viii make. 1t paint
tn In future In such glowing colors, connected
with you. Drink and be h cry, and l vii
ever give you the right hand of fellowship
If this Is not their spoken sentiments thei
actions amount to as much, when translates
into plain English. More anon.
UNCLE 'RAsTUs
New Providence, Tenn, Aug 1887.
Tho naad Noupot IA RaSoad